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PAPER HANGING MAGHINE AND BACK.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY STAIB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER-HANGING MACHINE AND RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,728, dated May 1, 1883.

- Application filed October 14, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY STATB, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Paper-Hanging Machine and Rack,'of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. In the manufacture of paper-hangings the web of paper as it comes from the printingmachine is carried to a pended to dry in loops on sticks placed at in tervals. In Letters Patent granted to meOc tober 11, 1881, No.248,227, a rack for the aboveis a plan view of a certain portion.

named purpose is shown, having combined with it a machine for taking the paper and carrying it upon the rack by devices acting an tomatically.

The present invention consists in certain features of improvement of the said machine and rack, having the object to render the op eration automatic and continuous from the first to the final operatio'ns'ot' printing, so that there shall be no necessity of handling the paper and rolling it between the successive printings, all as herinafter described and claimed, 5 I drawings,

in which similar, letters of reference indicate Reference is to be had to the accompanying forming a part of this specification,

corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the apparatus, showing that portion where isperformed. Fig. 2

is a side elevation, showing the terminal portionof the rack. Fig. 3 Fig. 4 is an end view of one of the racks,

more particularlyhereinafter.

In their general construction the racks are similar to the one shown in the Letters Patent aforesaid. Posts a a support longitudinal which are formed of angle-iron. rail 1) is a slide-bar,c, supported byrollers c, and provided with pawls (7, (shown in Fig. 11,) that rest upon the rails 12. To the slide-bars c are connected rods e, from crank-wheels f, for reciprocation of the slides.

Referring to Fig. l, the rack there shown is the one upon which the paper is first laid for drying. The crank-wheels f are fitted upon a shaft, f, and mesh with pinions f upon short shafts 9, one of which carries a pulley,

side rails, b,

rack, where it is sus the firstprinting I and the other figures are detailed views, referred to Above the g, that receives motion by a belt from an overhead driving-pulley, h. The shafts y also carry chain-wheels ii! for endless chains 27, that also extend around lower pulleys, i, and tightening-pulleys i These endless chains 2 are for carrying the laths and paper to the racks, and for that purpose the chain-pulleys h and pulleys c" are placed so as to give the proper inclination to the chains. Between these two pulleys h and iguides kare arranged for guidingandsupportingthechainsandlaths. These guides, as shown most clearly in the detail, Fig. 5, are formed in their bottom portion with a longitudinal groove, k, in which the chains lie; andt-hey are also formed with projecting flanges k which form grooves in which the laths run, so that they cannot be thrown off from the chain by any vibration. Across the lower ends of the guides 7c is fitted a lath-box,

l, in which laths are to be placed, one above the lath box, take outthe bottom lath and carry the same over the upper pulleys, h, and then the lath commence adjacent to the pulleys h. The pol leys t" are provided with side flanges for retaining the chain in place, and the pulley 0' serves as a means for tightening the chain, so as to prevent its vibration.

At A is shown the first printing-machine, whicnis ofthe ordinary construction, and is placed adjacent to the. lifting-chains i, so that the paper passing from the roll shown at m, and carried overlsuitable guides to the printing-machine A, then goes over suitable guiderollers, m, and drops from the latter upon the laths that are upon the chains 2'. The paper is thus carried in loops to the rails b, and is i moved thereon by the reciprocation ot' the slides c, acting through their pawls d. This rack is to be continued to any desired length in order to give opportunity for the surface of the paper to dry. At the end of this rack, as shown in Fig. 1, the paper passes to a trough, n, beneath and over a guide-roller, a, to endless chains 0, that are supported at their ends above the rails 12 by a chain-wheel, 1). These chains 0 extend horizontally to the distance drops upon the rails 12, which required for carrying the paper backward over the printing-machine A, and they are provided at suitable intervals with cross-rods p, as shown in Fig. 3, for supporting the paper- By the transfer of the paper from theracks by the trough n and rollers n to the chains 0 the web is laid with its printed side downward. The rods 19 pass through eyes 1 formed in the chain-links. (See Fig. 6.) The chains are supported at their outer ends by chain-wheels on a cross-shaft, g, which also carries a chainwheel, q, to which motion for movement of the chains 0 is communicated by a chain, 1 from a pulley on the overhead driving-shaft. The rods 19 run upon'upper and lower guides, i', by which they are supported, and these guides terminate above the elevating-chain of the secondrack. '(Shown in Fig.2.) Theseelevatingchains are similar in construction and operation to those before described, and receive the paper from the horizontal chains 0, and carry the same in loops upon laths to the elevated rack, upon which the loops of paper are closely packed. This allows accumulation of a quantity of paper for supplying the printing-niachine, so that there will be no delay in case the first printing-machine is stopped. From this rack the paper is led over guide-rollers 7" to the second printing-machine, which may be of any ordinary construction, and from this machine is returned over a guide-roller, r, to the elevating-chainsi, that are supported above the terminus of the racks, which are constructed and arranged in the same manner as those first described, and carry the paper, with its printed side upward, to an upper rack, which may extend to any suitable distance.

It will be seen that these operations, from the time the paper is first unrolled until it is led, after being printed, upon the last rack, are entirely automatic, and the paper doesnot require to be handled or rolled between the two printing operations.

In order to economize space the racks may be turned in any direction by a quarter, half, or reverse curve, and for moving the paper upon these curves I provide the mechanism shown in Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10, which is constructed as follows: In Fig. 7 thetwo side rails 12 b are turned a "quarter-turn, the outer rail being continuous. At the center of the circle is a shaft, 8, supported from a suitable hanger, s, Fig. 8, and carrying at its lower end a loose ratchet-Wheel, t, that is formed with an annularflange, t. {Shown most clearly in Figs. 8 and 9.) On the shaft 8, above the ratchet-wheel, is a loose hub, u, having a segmentflangem, and provided with arms 1*, that project above the outer rail, 1), where the arms are provided with pawls resting on the rails. The hub is also provided with arms a, to which are connected rods a that extend to and are connected with the slide-bars on the straight portions of the rack.

to is a pawl pivoted at one side of the hub u, and resting in contact with the teeth on the ratchet-wheel t. The laths carrying the paper rest upon the outer rail 1) at the turn, while their inner ends pass from the inner rail 1), upon the flange t of the ratchet-wheel t, from whence they pass to the rail 1) at the other side. The slides at one side being reciprocated, as above described, communicate motion through the rods 12 and arms a to the hub u, and the hub u, acting by the pawl 10, imparts an intermittent rotary motion. to the ratchetwheel t, and at the same time the arms '0 are reciprocated back and forth. The pawls on the outer ends of the arms a are thereby caused to move thelatbs to the extent required,while the inner ends of the laths are carried around by the ratchet-wheel c, and, resting loosely thereon, accommodate themselves to the differences of movement. The ratchet-wheel t is formed with teeth of the double form shown, so that by reversal of the hub to on the shaft the pawl can then be turned over to engage the ratchet-wheel for giving it movement in the opposite direction. The arms a and rods" 2: at the other side of the curve impart the reciprocating movement to the slides upon that portion of the rod, so as to carry the lathsforward thereon in the same manner as described above.

In the operation of the machine, paper from roll in passes to the printing-machine A, and from thence to the first set of elevating-chains, t, which carry the paper to the first rack. At the end of this rack the paper goes to the trough it and roller a, while the laths passing over the ends of the rails I) fall into a box below. The paper is then carried forward by the chains 0 to the second set of elevatingchains, which carry it to the second rack. From this rack the paper passes to the second printing-machine, and from thence to the third set of elevating-chains and to the upper rack.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination of the endless chains 6-, provided with lugs or projections, the guides 7c, and the lath-box l, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the rails I) and endless elevatingi-chains i, of the tightening-pulleys 2", substantially as shown and described.

3. The guides it, formed with bottom grooves,

7c, and flanges 70 in combination with the endless elevating-chains z', and lath-box 1, substantially as and forethe purpose set forth.

4:. In paper-ban gin g racks, the crank-wheels f, the shaftf, the pinionsf and chain-wheels h, substantially as described, combined with the endless chains 2', the rails b, and slides c, for operation as set forth.

5. The endless chains 0, fitted with the crossrods 19, and the supporting-rails 1", combined for operation substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination, with the two separated paper-racks, of the endless traveling chains 0 and elevating-chains i, placed intermediately of the two racks, for receiving the paper from 'v v to the slide-bars of the rack, substantially the first rack and hanging its loops upon the as shown and described. second rack, substantially as shown and de- 9; The combination, with the flanged wheel scribed. t, having reverse ratchet-teeth, of the reversi- I5 5 7. Amechanism for turning the web of pable pawl w on the hub 10, substantially as per on paper-hanging racks, consisting of the shown and described. shaft 8, wheel 15, hub u, carrying arms 01, and the pawl w, combined with the rack-bars b b, j

l as shown and described. Witnesses:

1o 8. The combination, with the shaft s,lwhee1 GEO. D. WALKER, t, hub u, carryingarms v, of the connections 0. SEDGWIGK.

HENRY STAIB. 

